Kimberly Casiano

Kimberly Casiano was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents – Manuel Casiano, chairman of the board of Casiano Communications and Nora Casiano, the family firm's then business manager. At age 12, she moved with her family to Puerto Rico when her father joined Governor Luis A. Ferré's cabinet as economic development administrator.

In 1979, Casiano graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in politics and Latin American studies. She later earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1981, at which time she became the youngest woman to receive an MBA from Harvard at the time.

Casiano began her business career in 1981, when she founded Caribbean Marketing Overseas Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in financing, trade and investment promotion between the United States, the Caribbean and Central America. The firm worked closely with the Agency for International Development (A.I.D.) on Caribbean Basin Initiative projects.

In 1988, she joined the publishing and marketing business Casiano Communications. She held a number of management positions in the company until 1994, when she became president of the company.

In December 2003, she was elected to the board of directors of Ford Motor Company, becoming the first Hispanic woman to serve on the board of any top five Fortune 100 corporate boards. At Ford, she joined three Ford committees — Audit; Nominating and Corporate Governance; and Sustainibility and Innovation.

In April 2006, she joined the board of directors of Mutual of America, which provides insurance coverage and retirement plans to non-profits as well as small- to medium-sized firms.

In March 2010, Casiano joined the board of directors of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, a manufacturer of infant formula.